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REPORT: per Albert Breer, Panthers have been most aggressive team in attempting to trade back


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“But there’s one team that’s been a little more aggressive than the rest and that’s the #Panthers, who have the eighth pick. My understanding is they’re willing to take a discount to move down in an effort to try to build up their war chest of picks. It’s interesting, too, because Carolina isn’t hurting for volume with two fourths and three fifths.”

Breer confirms similar sentiment as McShay reported earlier.
 

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As I said in another thread, you can pretty much guarantee they'll package some picks to move back up if they move down. So they won't be drafting more guys, just drafting more of the top 100 talent. 

We will probably get a late second rounder to move down in the first and then package a 3rd and one of the 4ths to move back into the end of the 2nd round to have three 2nd round picks.

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1 minute ago, Billy Goat said:

As I said in another thread, you can pretty much guarantee they'll package some picks to move back up if they move down. So they won't be drafting more guys, just drafting more of the top 100 talent. 

We will probably get a late second rounder to move down in the first and then package a 3rd and one of the 4ths to move back into the end of the 2nd round to have three 2nd round picks.

Would love that. 

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5 minutes ago, ForJimmy said:

Makes sense considering there isn't much of a gap between upper 1st round talent and 2nd round talent in this particular draft.  Many teams are wanting to trade back.  It's just a bad draft for top talent...

People keep saying this as a reason to move back, but for me, it's a reason to stay put.

Sure, let's say we agree with the premise that on the whole, teams think the talent level between the middle of the first through much of the second is pretty similar.  The problem is that teams don't view ALL of those players the same way, every team has certain players they like more than others, just as there are some they strongly dislike more than others.

Because of that, it's impossible to predict who will still be there if you trade back, more so than ever before.

For example, we could feel it's safe to trade back from 8 to say 20 because the player we really want, we don't think is going to be taken until the early 2nd, so they'll easily still be there at 20 in our minds.  The problem is that with this draft, that same player could be the 10th person on another team's board and thus will end up getting taken at like pick 13ish.

It's why I'd rather just stay put, take the player we feel strongest about at that time, and call it a day.

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